Tennis: Sinner against Alcaraz in the final – Djokovic without a chance

Jannik Sinner against Carlos Alcaraz – In Wimbledon there is a new edition of her epic final from the French Open between the world’s best tennis professionals. With a demonstration of power, the world ranking Sinner ended the dream of Novak Djokovic from the eighth triumph at the lawn classic. The Italian prevailed 6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 4 against the battered Serbs and only briefly wiggled in the third set.

“Great, wow, I can’t believe it,” said Sinner overwhelmed and also paid tribute to Djokovic: “We saw that he is a bit injured. It was a very difficult situation.”

Potavorit Alcaraz had previously conquered the American Taylor Fritz 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 3, 7: 6 (8: 6) and may hope for the third title in a row in All England Club in his third Wimbledon final. In Paris, the 22 -year -old Spaniard had prevailed against Sinner in more than five hours and five sets in early June. “It is a great honor to be on the pitch with Carlos again. Hopefully it will be a good match like last time,” said Sinner and joked: “I don’t know if it is possible that it will be even better.”

Alcaraz follows the second semi -finals as a “tennis fan”

Immediately after his finals, Alcaraz was already looking forward to the second duel of the day. “This is one of the most exciting duels we have on the tour. Djokovic against Jannik,” he said. “As a big tennis fan, I will try to see too much of it as possible.”

But the game rarely kept what the big names had promised. Sinner acted too dominant right from the start, Djokovic did not affect his skills. The 38-year-old had slipped badly shortly before his quarter-finals and hit the lawn hard. Sinner started again with a white armling after overstretching his right elbow in the round of 16.

Only a short rearing of Djokovic

But above all Djokovic looked restricted, it was not well moved. Sinner got a dream start. During the second serve, he put pressure on Djokovic early, had a higher pace in the basic strokes and made the early break. The South Tyrolean won almost all long rallies, after only 33 minutes he won the first set.

In the second round, too, Djokovic was quickly behind and seemed desperate in phases. With “Nole” calls, the audience tried to encourage him. But Sinner’s surcharge remained inviolable, Djokovic did not develop a single break ball until the third set. During the break he was treated on the thigh and reared up again. But a 3-0 lead was too little, Sinner won five games in a row and a little later the match.

Alcaraz with a perfect record in Grand-Slam finals

For Sinner it was the fifth victory in series against Djokovic, and in the semi-finals of the French Open he had already conquered the 24-time Grand Slam title winner in three sets. In view of his age, the fact that Djokovic can hire Roger Federer’s men’s record of eight Wimbledon titles in his exceptional career.

The final belongs to the new generation. Sinner hopes for his fourth Grand Slam title, Alcaraz is already in the final at one of the big tournaments. He won the previous five.

“It was a really difficult match. It was very difficult conditions in the temperatures here,” said Alcaraz, who defended two set balls at more than 30 degrees in the fourth round. “This is my dream here”.

High celebrity density in the stands

Before the eyes of numerous prominent people like the star actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Benedict Cumberbatch and Tobey Maguire, Alcaraz only had a longer phase of weakness at the end of the second set. As already several times in the tournament, there were several short interruptions because fans in the blazing sun were not doing well in the stands.

Otherwise, the world ranking second showed the entire repertoire of his extracre: with strong serves, numerous network attacks and plenty of finesse, he ended Fritz’s dream of the first Grand Slam title. For Alcaraz it was the 20th victory in Wimbledon one after the other, and this season has also been unbeaten for 24 games.